Now You Know: Brandwatch Hosts Inaugural User Conference May 9-11, Chicago

Join the world’s smartest social intelligence community for two days of talks, trainings, panels, and networking

NEW YORK, April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Brandwatch, one of the world’s leading social intelligence firms, is hosting its inaugural user conference May 9-11 in Chicago, Ill. Now You Know Conference is a two-day event at Venue Six10, bringing together the world’s foremost personalities and professionals in the world of social intelligence and social listening and analytics.

Hundreds of professionals from some of the world’s largest brands and agencies will engage in hands-on masterclass workshops, hear from social industry experts during keynote talks, and preview new products and features in Brandwatch’s social listening and analytics platforms.

“This is the single biggest activity we’re undertaking this year at Brandwatch, and we’ve created an ambitious social intelligence event with a fantastic industry lineup,” said Will McInnes, Brandwatch Chief Marketing Officer. “Some of the biggest brands and most exciting minds in the world will be imparting really helpful knowledge. Anyone who works with social data or within the consumer insights world will have the chance to learn more about industry trends, what other big brands and agencies are doing with social data, and the latest Brandwatch features and products.”

Speakers and panelists hail from some of the biggest brands and agencies including Bank of America, Ketchum, and Monster. Speakers will explore real-world use cases, and the conference will offer numerous networking opportunities and breakout sessions allowing attendees to customize their experience.

“I’m looking forward to taking the stage at Brandwatch’s first ever Now You Know Conference,” said Brian Wright, Analysis and Command Center Leader at Wells Fargo. “This will be a great opportunity to network and discover new insights in the social intelligence industry, including the topic of my panel ‘Social Intelligence at Scale.’ For attendees and speakers alike, it’s going to be a nonstop learning experience from our peers at some of the biggest brands and agencies in the world.”

“The social analytics industry is maturing beyond keywords with the rise of people-centric audience analysis, social network analysis and image recognition analytics,” said Tracy Bell, SVP of Enterprise Media Monitoring Executive at Bank of America. “I’m excited to discuss the trends we’re seeing now, and what’s next in the world of social data during my panel ‘Beyond Keywords: Images, Audiences and More’ at Brandwatch’s first Now You Know Conference.”

The conference offers two tracks, Strategist and Masterclass, allowing attendees to tailor their Now You Know itinerary to their specific needs with the freedom to pick and choose between sessions and panels in both:

The Strategist track will see VIPs from the world’s most successful companies share knowledge needed to make strategic business decisions using social data.

The Masterclass track will equip users of social intelligence with practical advice and hands-on tips and tricks to make the most of social data and analytics capabilities.

Attendees will be among the first to try new Brandwatch features, and provide direct feedback to help shape the Brandwatch product roadmap.

Attend Now You Know Conference

Individual tickets are $595, with a group rate of $357/ticket for companies sending five or more attendees. To see the full agenda and additional conference details including accommodations, check out http://nyk.brandwatch.com/.

About Brandwatch

Brandwatch is the world’s leading social intelligence company. Brandwatch Analytics and Vizia products fuel smarter decision making around the world.

The Brandwatch Analytics platform gathers millions of online conversations every day and provides users with the tools to analyze them, empowering the world’s most admired brands and agencies to make insightful, data-driven business decisions. Vizia distributes visually-engaging insights to the physical places where the action happens.

The Brandwatch platform, ranked highest in customer satisfaction by G2Crowd in the Winter 2016 social media monitoring report, is used by over 1,200 brands and agencies, including Cisco, Whirlpool, British Airways, Sony Music, and Dell. Brandwatch continues on its impressive business trajectory, recently named a global leader in enterprise social listening platforms by the latest reports from several independent research firms. Increasing its worldwide presence, the company has offices around the world including Brighton, New York, San Francisco, Berlin and Singapore.

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